Shoftim 21:04 · unit 1
TT #361 · Parashas Shoftim · Seventh Aliyah · Passuk 21:04
The Complete Passuk
וְהוֹרִ֡דוּ זִקְנֵי֩ הָעִ֨יר הַהִ֤וא אֶת־הָעֶגְלָה֙ אֶל־נַ֣חַל אֵיתָ֔ן אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹא־יֵעָבֵ֥ד בּ֖וֹ וְלֹ֣א יִזָּרֵ֑עַ וְעָֽרְפוּ־שָׁם֙ אֶת־הָ֣עֶגְלָ֔ה בַּנָּ֖חַל׃
And the elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a hard valley that has not been worked and has not been sown, and they shall break the neck of the heifer there in the valley.
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Source Citation
Torah Temimah points to Sotah 46a–b .
TT lemma: אֶל נַחַל אֵיתָן .
Sefaria — Sotah 46a–b
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text
אֶל נַחַל אֵיתָן – קָשֶׁה.
English: ‘To a hard valley’ – a rough, hard place.
On the daf / in context: The valley must be of a specific character.
Type of Learning Derash defining nachal eitan (Bavli) — the place is hard and uncultivated.
What Is Learned The heifer is brought down to a hard, unworked valley for the breaking of the neck.
Source pointed to by Torah Temimah. Only Chazal’s words and what they derived are presented. Ashkenazi transliteration.